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/sles"wik/, n.Schleswig.
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SLESWICK-HOLSTEIN — (1,217), a province of North Prussia, stretching up to Denmark, between the North Sea and the Baltic; various canals cross the country, bearing to the coast the export produce corn and cattle; the land is highly cultivated, and fishing is an… … The Nuttall Encyclopaedia
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Danish nobility — Cover of Danmarks Adels Aarbog (Yearbook of the Danish Nobility) Nobility in Denmark was a leading social class until the 19th or 20th century. Danish nobility exists yet and has a recognized status in Denmark, a monarchy, but its real privileges … Wikipedia
HOLSTEIN — (560), which with Sleswick forms the Prussian province of SLESWICK HOLSTEIN (q.v.), was till 1866 a duchy of Denmark, but in that year was annexed by Prussia … The Nuttall Encyclopaedia
English — Eng lish, a. [AS. Englisc, fr. Engle, Angle, Engles, Angles, a tribe of Germans from the southeast of Sleswick, in Denmark, who settled in Britain and gave it the name of England. Cf. {Anglican}.] Of or pertaining to England, or to its… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
English bond — English Eng lish, a. [AS. Englisc, fr. Engle, Angle, Engles, Angles, a tribe of Germans from the southeast of Sleswick, in Denmark, who settled in Britain and gave it the name of England. Cf. {Anglican}.] Of or pertaining to England, or to its… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
English breakfast tea — English Eng lish, a. [AS. Englisc, fr. Engle, Angle, Engles, Angles, a tribe of Germans from the southeast of Sleswick, in Denmark, who settled in Britain and gave it the name of England. Cf. {Anglican}.] Of or pertaining to England, or to its… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
English horn — English Eng lish, a. [AS. Englisc, fr. Engle, Angle, Engles, Angles, a tribe of Germans from the southeast of Sleswick, in Denmark, who settled in Britain and gave it the name of England. Cf. {Anglican}.] Of or pertaining to England, or to its… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
English walnut — English Eng lish, a. [AS. Englisc, fr. Engle, Angle, Engles, Angles, a tribe of Germans from the southeast of Sleswick, in Denmark, who settled in Britain and gave it the name of England. Cf. {Anglican}.] Of or pertaining to England, or to its… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Thomsen's disease — Thom sen s dis*ease [From Thomsen, a physician of Sleswick.] (Med.) An affection apparently congenital, consisting in tonic contraction and stiffness of the voluntary muscles occurring after a period of muscular inaction. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
